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GRECO has published today its Second Addendum to the Second Compliance Report of Third Evaluation Round on Belgium, as adopted by GRECO at its 81st Plenary Meeting (Strasbourg, 3-7 December 2018), following authorisation by the authorities of Belgium. Link to the Second Addendum to the Second...

GRECO has published today its Second Addendum to the Second Compliance Report of Third Evaluation Round on Georgia (dealing with "Incriminations (ETS 173 and 191, GPC 2)" and ”Transparency of Party Funding”), as adopted by GRECO at its 79th Plenary Meeting (Strasbourg, 19-23 March 2018), after...

GRECO President, Marin Mrčela, participates in the International Conference on "Implementation of Corruption Prevention Mechanisms" organised by the Serbian Anti-Corruption Agency with the support of the Government of Italy and the OSCE Mission to Serbia. Link to the Programme Link to the Speech...

In a report publish today, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) concludes that Italy has made progress to prevent corruption in respect of the judiciary, but significantly more is still needed to comply with all its recommendations, in particular those concerning...

GRECO has published today its Second Addendum to the Second Compliance Report of Third Evaluation Round on Sweden, as adopted by GRECO at its 81st Plenary Meeting (Strasbourg, 3-7 December 2018), after authorisation by the authorities of Sweden. Link to the Second Addendum to the Second...

“We must never lower our guard in fighting corruption”, said Marin Mrčela, President of the Group of States against Corruption of the Council of Europe (GRECO), ahead of the International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December. “Perception of low levels of corruption must not lead to complacency. No...

The Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) has published today its fifth round evaluation report on Estonia dealing with corruption prevention in central government (top executive functions) and law enforcement agencies. The comprehensive legislative framework in place in...

GRECO will discuss and eventually adopt three 5th round evaluation focusing on corruption prevention in central governments, including top executive functions, and law enforcement in respect of Estonia, the Netherlands and Poland, as well as eight compliance reports (Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and...

GRECO President attends Parliamentary Conference “Building democratic security in the Mediterranean: common challenges, shared responsibility”, organised by the Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly in Dubrovnik, Croatia, on 6 November 2018. He stressed that all countries need “to translate...

The Czech Republic has made an important voluntary financial contribution to support GRECO’s work programe 2018-2019. The agreement was signed by Ambassador Emil Ruffer, Permanent Representative of the Czech Republic to the Council of Europe, and by Mrs Gabriella Battaini-Dragoni, Deputy...

The Croatian Chairmanship of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, the Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) of the Council of Europe and the Ministry of Justice of Croatia are organising an international conference on 15 and 16 October in Šibenik (Croatia) to discuss ways to...

Corruption undermines trust in state institutions, and the judiciary is no exception. Question marks over the integrity of judges are particularly disturbing because of the far-reaching authority and powers given to judges to act on behalf of society as a whole. But such allegations can also be...

In a report published today on corruption prevention in respect of members of parliament, judges and prosecutors, GRECO, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body, concludes that France has implemented only four of the eleven recommendations made since 2013. While a number of positive measures...

Council of Europe anti-corruption experts (GRECO) has decided to place Denmark in its non-compliance procedure due to lack of sufficient measures taken to prevent corruption in respect of members of parliament and in the judiciary, according to a compliance report published today. GRECO concludes...

In a new report to assess measures taken by the Cypriot authorities to carry out its recommendations, the Council of Europe’s Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) gives a mixed assessment. Although only two of 16 recommendations related to corruption prevention with respect to members of...

The Council of Europe’s Group of States against corruption (GRECO) has published today its fifth round evaluation report on Latvia dealing with corruption prevention in central government (top executive functions) and law enforcement bodies. GRECO concludes that Latvia’s integrity and corruption...

In a report published today, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption group (GRECO) considers that Switzerland has made no progress in implementing its recommendations on the transparency of political funding (see also the German and Italian versions of the report). GRECO expresses regret that the...